Late today was very rainy and flocks of Cassin’s Finch and Pine Siskin hit the seed feeder hard.

FOY was a female Black Headed Grosbeak.

Have both a Calliope and Broad-tailed Hummingbird battling over the feeder late also.

Clark’s Nutcrackers continue to forage on suet. They usually do not hang out this long in the spring.

It is a very green valley this evening.

Susan Patla

Hi Tom,

I have no knowledge of Northern Bobwhite at Hull’s Gulch but I suspect
they are possible just about anywhere in the state and at any time of
year. They are released regularly by dog trainers and “hunt” clubs. We
have had them overwinter on several occasions in Island Park with 3-4
feet of snow on the ground. If there are feeders around they can make it
through the winter. Despite making it through the long winter they did
not fair so well once our neighborhood Cooper’s Hawk arrived. Whatever
the case they are not established as breeders anywhere in Idaho and
should be treated as escaped/introduced birds.

Cliff

> Subject: [IBLE] Hulls Gulch and beyond
> Date: Thu, 10 May 2018 20:39:45 -0600
> From: ‘Tom McCabe’ tmccabe9@cableone.net [ible]
>
> Reply-To: Tom McCabe
> To: ible@yahoogroups.com
>
>
>
> Hulls Gulch continues to be my favorite place to bird. I found 5 FOY
> birds there today (Western Tanager, Bullock’s Oriole, Warbling Vireo,
> Bewick’s Wren -thanks to Mary Rumple-and Swainson’s Hawk) and found
> lots of my earlier FOY birds like the BG Gnatcatchers, BH Grosbeak, W.
> Kingbird, W. Meadowlark, etc. I left HG with 39 species and finished
> with 55 in 21 miles of biking. During my ride I tallied 8 raptors:
> W.S. Owl, RT Hawk. GH Owl, A. Kestrel, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Swainson’s
> Hawk, Cooper’s Hawk and Osprey. Not bad for an old fart. 😉
>
> Tom McCabe, Boise
>
> BTW, I heard what sounded like a Northern Bobwhite several times in
> HG. In addition, a couple of people stopped me and asked if there were
> N. Bobwhite in HG because they kept hearing the rather distinctive
> call. Has anybody seen or heard them there? I didn’t count the bird
> because it is so far outside its territory.
>
>

—
Cliff and Lisa Weisse
Island Park, Idaho
cliffandlisa@octobersetters.com

Here on the east side of Teton Valley, opposite of Susan, I also have
Bullock’s Orioles. They showed up on May 8.

On May 12 I had two Broad-tailed Hummingbirds at my feeders, which
surprised me because usually the Calliopes show up first.

I also had one Black-headed Grosbeak show up on May 12.

Still have lots of Evening Grosbeaks, Cassin’s Finches and Pine Siskins at
my feeders and a few American Goldfinches.

Marya Moosman
Driggs